Line-up platen



Aug. 7, 1945.

J. ZALKIND LINE-UP PLATEN 5 Shets-Sheet 1 I Filed March 20, 1945INVENTOR.

1945- I Y J. ZALKIND 2,381,197

LINE-UP PLATEN I Filed March 20, 1943 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 2v 2: FIE'EPFIElm g J. ZALKIND 2,381,197

' LINE-UP PLATEN Filed March 20, 1945 5 sheets-sheets HIIIIIH.

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J. VZALKIIND LINE-UP 1 13111511 5 Sheets-Shet 4 Filed March '20., 1943IN VEN TOR.

Patented Aug. 7, 1945 7 I 2,381,197 f LINE-UP PLATEN Joseph Zalkind, NewYork, N. Y. Q Application March 20, 1943; Serial No. 479,954.

v 3 Claims. (01. 2 82-29) This invention relates tope ging and aligningdevices and moreparticularly to recording devices whichgfacilitate thesimultaneous registration of facts and figures upona number of relatedrecord forms-thus eliminating duplication of effort when preparing suchforms.

In certain instancesconcerning wage and hour regulations, productioncost control systems, etc,

Federal and State regulations necessitate furnishing all employees witha statement of their gross earnings and. deductions; In the preparationof:

such records at leastiour separate writings have heretofore beenrequired upon as many forms. With the device described in the presentinvention these four or more separate writing operations are reducedtoone single writing operation.

The essential portions of the. aligning device consist of a fiat writingplaten with multiple engaging aligning units. The basic form is firstinserted into registered position. Additional related forms, ofdifferent sizes if desired, are then placed upon a secondary aligningunit and pegged for simultaneous posting and recording of the variousforms. The writing in this instance is done by hand. The specialadvantage of this operation is that related forms can th'us be placedtogether in perfectregistration', regardless of the size of theformswhich are placeddeliberately in varied individual positions upon thealigning platen. 2

.One objectof this invention is to provide an tached to said platen bymeans of the pegging aligning units forming a part thereof.

Fig. 2 is a side View of the writing platen show g in Fig. 1. a

. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the writing platen showing the manner inwhich the basic'record form is placed and isattached upon the platenbymeans ofone of the pegging units.

. Fig. 4 is a similar view shown in Fig. 3, showing the manner in whicha secondary form is placed: upon the writing platen by the otheraligning and pegging unit. I

Fig. 5jis a similar view shown in Figs. 3 and l showing the manner inwhich a third form is placed and is held upon the writing platen.

Fig. 6 is a section taken on th'e line 66 of Fig;

1 showing constructional details of the pegging.

' unit upon the writing platen. This view shows aligning device tofacilitate the registration of various forms upon a writing platen.

Another object of this'invention is to rovid a pair of separate-peggingunits to facilitate the registration of various related'forms upon thewritingplatenn A thirdobject of this invention is to provide a fingerlift to facilitate the simultaneous lifting of either or both of theseparate pegging units upon the'writing platen. I

An additional object of this invention is to provide a separate fingerlift to facilitate the lifting of only one of said pegging units abovethe writing platen.

H A further object of this invention is to provide a line'finder tofacilitatethe' finding of lined positions upon the basic form andallowing the alignment of check forms with said form.

Further objects will appear from the following I detailed specificationand the accompanying drawings. Referring to the drawings:

. Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the platen and the-manne inwhichvarious forms are atthe pegging unit as it is preliminary to aoperation. 1 1

Fig. '7 is a similar section as shown in Fig 6 showing the position ofthe basic record form after being placed upon the writing platen andbeing pegged and held in position by th'e first 'pegging unit. It alsoillustrates the manner in Which a secondary form is placed foralignment'upon the basic form which already had been attached upon thewriting platen.

.Fig. 8 is a similar View as shown in Figs. 6 and 7" showing th'e mannerin which the secondary form is pegged upon the basic form locateduponthe writing platen by the operation of the secondary finger lift.

Fig. 9. is a similar view as shown in-Figs. .6, 7 and 8 showing themanner in which the first finger lift is operated to raise both peggingand aligning units when it is required to release the forms from thewriting platen. I

Fig. 10jis a plan view of one end of the writing platen showing themanner in which the pegging and aligning units are attached to thedevice.

Fig. 11 is a detailed section taken on the line ll-I l of Fig. 2 showingthe construction of th'e secondary begging and aligning unit.

Fig. 12 is a side view of the pegging and aligning units shown inFig. 1. e

13 is a modification oi the writing platen shown in Fig. 1, showing asecondary pegging' and aligning unit attached to the opposite end of thewriting platen.

Fig.14 illustrates one kind of a check and. record sheet combination.used in conjunction with a basic form and another record form utilized'on the writing platen. Fig. 15 illustrates a secondary check and recordbe n in which a line finder is utilized in conjunction with the checkand record form combination.

Fig. 18 is a perspective view of the line finder shown in Fig. 1'7.

Fig. 19 is a section taken on the line |9-l9 of Fig. 18.

Fig. 20 is showing the manner in which the line finder shown in Figs.1'7, 18 and 19 is attached to the writing platen by the medium of a rod.In this case the line-finder is moved up and down the writing platen andcan be hinged sideways.

Referring to Fig. 1, 20 designates the writing platen. proper whichconsists of a platen' 2| having upon one of its ends attached thereto apegging unit22. The pegging unit 22, which also serves as an aligningunit, comprises a fiat base 23 preferably made out of sheet metaL'. Oneither ends of the base 23 there are hinge members 24 and 25respectively. A hingeing angle-shaped arm 26 and 21 is hinged to thehinges 24 and 25 through the medium of a hinge pin 24a, (see Fig. 10 andFig. 12). The hingeing arms'2B and'2'l are attached upon an elongatedcrossbar 28 which is a secondary pegging and aligning unit. The

arms 26 and 21 are under the influence of a pair of coil springs 29located upon the pins 24a of either one of the hinges 24 and 25.

The pegging unit proper 30 is placed under an upturned portion 3| of thebase 23 while the other end thereof 33 has an under bent 34 whichcarries a number of sharppegs 33a fitting within openings 33?) upon thewriting platen.

The base 23 has a bend 35 which serves as a stop against which the basicform 42 is shoved while the crossbar 23 is somewhat deformed downwardlyat 36 and is alignedwith a shallow groove 36a upon the writing platen2|. The portion 36 of the crossbar 28 has a tendency of pressing themargin of the'basic form 42 within the groove 35a to prevent said formof disengaging with the writing platen.

To operate the pegging unit 22, a finger lift 31 is attached to a hingeextension 38 upon the pegging bar or unit as and a spring shaped member39 one end 40 being inserted under the upturned portion 3| of thebase 23and the other end 4| being attached to the crossbar 28. The end 4| alsoserves as a secondary finger lift when it is required to raise thecrossbar 28 aloneand independently of the pegging unit 30 (see Fig. 8)

Referring to Fig. 17, it illustrates the manner a line finder is used inconjunction with the writing platen. The line-finder 5|! has a pair offormed extension guides 5| which are fitted within a guide groove 2|aupon the writing platen 2|.

A set of holders 52 are located upon the line-- finder 5| and placed insuch a manneras to allow the check and record form combination '44 to beheld within said holders when it is required to align the check 44 withany of the lines upon the basic form 42. A pointer 53 on theline-finder50"is: used to help findth'e correct number upon the. basic form 42,when lining up related forms with said basic form.

Inreference. to Fig. '20, it can be seen that in upon the basic form 42.

this case the line finder 50 has a round hollow portion 54 which isfitted upon a bar 55 that is held to the writing platen 2| by a pair ofsupports 56 on either side, top and bottom, of the writing platen. Afinger rest 51 is also located upon the line finder 50 to allow theoperator to place his finger to when moving the line-finder 50 upon thewriting platen 2|.

To operate the writing platen, a basic form 42 is first placed upon thedevice and is shoved against the guide 35 of the base 22. In thisinstance the finger lift 31 is depressed all the way down as shown inFig. 9 thus raising both, the pegging unit 30 and the secondary peggingand alignin unit 28 above the surface of the writing platen 2| andallowing the basic form 42 to be inserted under the first pegging unitand the secondary pegging unit. Once the basic form 42 is in positionthe finger lift 31 is released thus allowing the first pegging unit 30to descend upon the margin'of the basic form 42 and hold same in place(see Figs. '7 and 8). After placing a carbon paper 43 upon the basicform 42 (see Fig. 4) a check and record slip combination 44 as shown inFig. 14 is placed upon the platen 2|. It can be seen that the basic form42 (see Fig. 3) is ruled into separate lines which are numberedconsecutively" in this instance from 1 to 27, although more or lessruled lines can be printed When placing the check 44 upon the platen 2|a lined portion upon the check 44 is aligned with any one of the numbersupon the basic form 42. Upon completion of the registration, thesecondary finger lift 4| is raised by the operator (see Fig. 8) untilthe margin M of the check 44 clears the end 3 6 of the secondarypegging'and aligning bar 28. When the margin M will lay fiat upon theplaten 2| the finger lift 4| is released to fall upon the portion of thecheck under the secondary pegging bar 28 to hold it in pegged position.

In Fig. 14 it can be seen that the check 44 comprises a sheet of paper Cwhich is the blank of the check proper and a secondary sheet of paper Rwhich is a record form both being attached or laminated to each other at44?). A pair of carbon sheets, B and B, are also laminated to the checkat 442). Both carbons are of the same width but the carbon B is longerthan the carbon B. While the carbon B extends over the whole length ofthe record form R, the carbon IB' is only long enough to fit over therecord form R and under the length of the check 44.

Once the check 44 is in place, a related earnings record form 4! (seeFig. 5) which is also divided into lined portions which are numberedfrom 1 to 2'7, is aligned by the operator with any one of the numbersupon the basic form 42 as is desired. The outer margin M of the relatedform 47 is placed'upon the upper portion of the secondary pegging andaligning unit 28 until the alignment with the numbers of the basic form42 has been accomplished. Then the bar 28 is moved upwards by theoperator upon the finger lift 4| in the similar fashion as described forthe check 44 and shown in Fig. 8.

upon the basic form 42, the operator is ready to record facts andfigures upon the forms attached to the platen. It can be clearlyseen'that the records made upon theearnings record form 41' will .movedallowing the writing platen to be used again and again. I

In reference to modification shownin Fig. 13,

the writing platen shown is utilized'in. similar manner as described forFig. 1. In the latter case two peggingand aligning units 22 areusedinstead ofv one as shownin Fig. 1, otherwise the operation of the deviceshown in'Fig. '13 is similar to the device shown in Fig. l to Fig. 12inclusive.

' In regard to the line finder shown in Figs. 17 to 20, it is used whenit is desired to locate the position ofthe check 44 upon the writingplaten.

The finger rest v! is moved upon the writing platen by sliding same withthe index finger.

The foregoing detailed description of the writing platen has been givenfor clearness of understanding only and no unnecessary limitationsshould be understood therefrom, but it should be construed as broadly aspermissible in view of the 1 prior. art.

The writing platen herein illustrated and de,

scribed is confined tov certainv structural details. I do not wish tolimit myself to such details, but

7 upon said secondary finger lift facilitating the rigid finger lift,said secondary finger lift having an arch-shape formation and acting asa spring, one end of said arch being secured to the middle portion ofsaid first bar thexother end being secured to said secondary bar; thelifting operation raising of the first bar, and the lifting operation ofsaid. rigid finger lift facilitating the raising of both of said bars insaid pair of pegging units above said platen for allowing the insertionof a printed forms under the bars aforesaid.

2. A platen, of the class described for aligning printed forms includinga pair of pegging units desire to cover all forms and arrangements, be-

L ing only limited by the scope of the appendin claims. I

Having now described my invention what I claim is: v

1; A platen foraligning printed formsincluding a pair of pegging unitshingeably attached thereto, each one of said pegging units in-said pair,comprising an elongated bar, the first of said bars in said pair beingsecured to a pair of levers, coil springs'included and acting, againstsaid levers, said levers being hinged atboth ends thereof to saidplaten, the other elongatedbar in said pair being hingeably held theretoand having a substantially rigid finger lift for raising said Pe gingunit above said platen; said rigid finger lift being securedly'held tosaid secondary bar, a secondary finger lift also included for raisingthe first elongated bar in said pair, said secondary finger lift beinglocated above and over said for pegging said forms upon said platen,said pegging units comprising a pair of elongated bars, a pair of leversincluded, one end of each of said levers being attached to the extremeend of one of said bars insaid pair, the other end of said leversforming a hingeand being hinged at both ends thereof to said platen, andbeing under the in- I fiuence of a pair of springs included in saidplaten; a substantially rigid finger lift also included for raising bothof said pegging units above said platen for allowing the insertion ofprinted forms under said pegging bars, and a secondary finger lift forraising only one of said pair of bars; said secondary finger lift beingbent in an arc and being positioned above rigid finger lift, saidsecondary finger lift comprising a flat spring member one end thereofbeing attached to the middle portion of one said bar the other end tothe other bar in said pair.

3. A platen for aligning printed forms or the like including a pair ofpegging units hingeably' held thereon, said pegging units comprising apair of elongated bars and being U-shaped in cross section; a fingerlift included for raising both of said bars, said finger lift comprisinga square-shaped wire loop; a secondary fingerlift alsoincluded forraising only one of said pair of units above said platen, said secondaryfinger lift comprising a flat elongated member and being bent in an are,one end of said are being held to the middle portion of one bar and theother end to the midportion of the other, said .fiat member passingbetween said loop of said finger lift; said member acting as a spring,the spring action of said secondary member facilitating the pegging downand holding of said forms under said pegging units.

JOSEPH ZALKIlND.

